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BIG BROTHER WATCH AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM JUDGMENT
FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT:
1. Declares, unanimously, the complaints made by the applicants in the
third of the joined cases concerning Article 6, Article 10, insofar as the
applicants rely on their status as NGOs, and Article 14 inadmissible;
2. Declares, unanimously, the remainder of the complaints made by the
applicants in the third of the joined cases admissible;
3. Declares, by a majority, the complaints made by the applicants in the
first and second of the joined cases admissible;
4. Holds, by five votes to two, that there has been a violation of Article 8 of
the Convention in respect of the section 8(4) regime;
5. Holds, by six votes to one, that there has been a violation of Article 8 of
the Convention in respect of the Chapter II regime,
6. Holds, by five votes to two, that there has been no violation of Article 8
of the Convention in respect of the intelligence sharing regime;
7. Holds, by six votes to one, that, insofar as it was raised by the applicants
in the second of the joined cases, there has been a violation of Article 10
of the Convention in respect of the section 8(4) regime and the
Chapter II regime;
8. Holds, unanimously, that there is no need to examine the remaining
complaints made by the applicants in the third of the joined cases under
Article 10 of the Convention;
9. Holds, by six votes to one,
(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three
months from the date on which the judgment becomes final in
accordance with Article 44 § 2 of the Convention, the following
amounts, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the
rate applicable at the date of settlement:
(i) to the applicants in the first of the joined cases: EUR 150,000
(one hundred and fifty thousand euros), plus any tax that may be
chargeable to the applicants, in respect of costs and expenses;
(ii) to the applicants in the second of the joined cases: EUR 35,000
(thirty-five thousand euros), plus any tax that may be chargeable to
the applicants, in respect of costs and expenses;
(b) that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until
settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a